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Visiting Artist Workshop: Make your own Material with Gillian Christy

11 AM - 1 PM – Pearly soda clay 2 - 4 PM – Sparkle paints and slime! Use simple ingredients found around the home to make art materials...

Design Innovation Gallery

The word innovation derives from the Latin word innovare “to renew or change.” Innovative design is happening all around us...

July in the Art Studio. Investigate Art Month – Outdoor Learning

Use natural environments as inspiration this month...

Summer Club

Friday nights July 12, 19, and 26, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Recommended for ages 6 & up...

Exploration Station

Join in front of the Museum (weather permitting!) for hands-on explorations of weather, science and math.

Colonial Games

Try your hand at games from the bygone days, from "Tabletop Ninepins" to "Fox and Geese." Make your own whirligig or challenge an adult to a round of "Nine Men's Morris...

Adam Pendleton: Untitled

Pendleton’s monumental art installation on the front of the Gardner Museum features an early 20th century photographic portrait of an African man set against an 18th century European silk damask fr...

Discount Day

Free museum admission for children aged 18 and under with paying adult at Old South Meeting House. This discount is offered as part of Boston Harborfest...

Boston Children's Museum Closed 9/9 AND 9/10

Boston Children's Museum will be closed Monday, September 9 and Tuesday, September 10 for scheduled maintenance.

Morningstar Access

The Morningstar Access program - Boston Children's Museum opens the door at 8 am for children with special needs/medical needs, before we open to the public at 10 am...

Street Seats Kids: Collaboration between BCM Art Studio and the Design Museum

Street Seats Kids includes of a child-centered walking tour of the exhibition: Street Seats: Reimagining the Public Bench, and a hands-on session where children have creative freedom to draw and bu...

Frisbee Fest

Performances: 11 AM and 12:30 PM, PlayShops: 11:45 AM and 1:15 PM Meet Frisbee Champion Todd Brodeur and watch him demonstrate some amazing tricks, catches and combinations...

Scavenger Hunt: Where the Boston Tea Party Began

What was all the fuss about tea in 1773? Piece together clues to discover how the Boston Tea Party all started at the historic Old South Meeting House in a challenging and fun scavenger hunt for a...